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coont

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Scots

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Etymology

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From Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (add up; tell a story), from Latin computō (I compute).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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coont (third-person singular simple present coonts, present participle coontin, simple past coontt, past participle coontt)

  1. to count, to do arithmetic
  2. to settle (accounts) [with to or with ‘to have a yearly settlement with the landlord’]

Noun

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coont (plural coonts)

  1. a sum in arithmetic
  2. account

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